Hi, I am trying to store persistent changes to the photo library. I know I can use a PHPersistentChangeToken to get the changes since that token, but I am not sure how to serialize this object and save it into a file. I am also wondering if you can serialize a PHPersistentChangeFetchResult and store that in a file. Cheers.

Hello, I want to create a photo portfolio (in VueJS) and I'd like to use my icloud photo library to store the photos. Is there an API that allows me to access one or more albums in my photo library?

The native camera app on iPhone 15 can record videos directly in external hard drive. Is there an API to achieve the same in Photos framework?

Goal is to get/save the captured photo (From default camera) immediately from my app when the app is in background. When I capture a photo with default camera, photoLibraryDidChange(_:) function do not execute that time. But when I reopen my app, that time this function executes and give the images, which were captured in that particular time. how to execute photoLibraryDidChange(_:) when app is in background?

Hello, after updating the physical device to iOS17, it seems there's an issue with the ImagePicker's functionality. In our app, even though NSItemProvider indicates canLoadObject(ofClass: UIImage.self) returns true, the method loadObject(ofClass: UIImage.self) { (object, error) consistently returns nil. There's also a possibility that the same phenomenon is occurring with the standard Notes app's image picker, preventing images from being passed to the app.

Hello! I am playing around with the PHPickerViewController and so far I was able to get the selected images by loading them into UIImage instances but I don't know how to get the selected video. Below is the relevant implementation of the method: func picker(_ picker: PHPickerViewController, didFinishPicking results: [PHPickerResult]): let provider = result.itemProvider guard provider.hasItemConformingToTypeIdentifier(AVFileType.mov.rawValue) else { return } 						provider.loadItem(forTypeIdentifier: AVFileType.mov.rawValue, options: nil) { (fileURL, error) in 								if let error = error { 										print(error) 										return 								} 								guard let videoURL = fileURL as? URL else { return } 								DispatchQueue.main.async { 										let fm = FileManager.default 										let destination = fm.temporaryDirectory.appendingPathComponent("video123.mov") 										try! fm.copyItem(at: videoURL, to: destination) 										let playerVC = AVPlayerViewController() 										playerVC.player = AVPlayer(url: destination) 										self.present(playerVC, animated: true, completion: nil) 								} 						} I get crash trying to copy the item. It says the source file does not exists but the path looks real to me. "The file “3C2BCCBC-4474-491B-90C2-93DF848AADF5.mov” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file." I tried it without copying first and just passing the URL to AVPlayer but nothing would play. I am testing this on a simulator. Thanks for help!

I am trying to display HDR Images (ProRAW) within UIImageView using preferredImageDynamicRange. This was shown in a 2023 WWDC Video let imageView = UIImageView() if #available(iOS 17.0, *) { self.imageView.preferredImageDynamicRange = UIImage.DynamicRange.high } self.imageView.clipsToBounds = true self.imageView.isMultipleTouchEnabled = true self.imageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit self.photoScrollView.addSubview(self.imageView) I pull the image from PHImageManager: let options = PHImageRequestOptions() options.deliveryMode = .highQualityFormat options.isNetworkAccessAllowed = true PHImageManager.default().requestImage(for: asset, targetSize: self.targetSize(), contentMode: .aspectFit, options: options, resultHandler: { image, info in guard let image = image else { return } DispatchQueue.main.async { self.imageView.image =image if #available(iOS 17.0, *) { self.imageView.preferredImageDynamicRange = UIImage.DynamicRange.high } } } Issue The image shows successfully, yet not in HDR mode (no bright specular highlights, as seen when the same image ((ProRAW) is pulled on the native camera app. What am I missing here?

We have received a lot of user feedback, saying that our app caused the video in the user's system album to not play, we did reproduce this phenomenon after operating some modules of our app many times, after monitoring the device log, click on the system album z probably received the following abnormal error VideoContentProvider received result:<AVPlayerItem: 0x281004850, asset = <AVURLAsset: 0x28128fce0, URL = file:///var/mobile/Media/DCIM/100APPLE/IMG_0085.MP4>>, info:{ PHImageResultRequestIDKey = 316; }, priority:oneup automatic, strategy:<PXDisplayAssetVideoContentDeliveryStrategy: 0x2836c3000>quality: medium+(med-high), segment:{ nan - nans }, streaming:YES, network:YES, audio:YES, targetSize:{1280, 1280}, displayAsset:8E30C461-B089-4142-82D9-3A8CFF3B5DE9 <PUBrowsingVideoPlayer: 0xc46a59770> Asset : <PHAsset: 0xc48f5fc50> 8E30C461-B089-4142-82D9-3A8CFF3B5DE9/L0/001 mediaType=2/524288, sourceType=1, (828x1792), creationDate=2023-07-19 上午7:36:41 +0000, location=0, hidden=0, favorite=0, adjusted=0 VideoSession : <PXVideoSession 0xc48a1ec50> { Content Provider: <PXPhotoKitVideoContentProvider: 0x282d441e0>, Asset <PHAsset: 0xc48f5fc50> 8E30C461-B089-4142-82D9-3A8CFF3B5DE9/L0/001 mediaType=2/524288, sourceType=1, (828x1792), creationDate=2023-07-19 上午7:36:41 +0000, location=0, hidden=0, favorite=0, adjusted=0 , Media Provider: <PUPhotoKitMediaProvider: 0x28104da70> Desired Play State: Paused Play State: Paused Stalled: 0 At Beginning: 1 End: 0 Playback: ‖ Paus √ b0 a0 s0 l1 f0 e0 r0.0 0.000/60.128 VideoOutput: (null) Got First Pixel Buffer: NO Pixel Buffer Frame Drops: 0 Buffering: 0 }: Starting disabling of video loading for reason: OutOfFocus <PUBrowsingVideoPlayer: 0xc46de66e0> Asset : <PHAsset: 0xc48f5f1d0> 11ECA95E-0B79-4C7C-97C6-5958EE139BAB/L0/001 mediaType=2/0, sourceType=1, (1080x1920), creationDate=2023-09-21 上午7:54:46 +0000, location=1, hidden=0, favorite=0, adjusted=0 VideoSession : (null): Starting disabling of video loading for reason: OutOfFocus I think this message is imporant VideoSession : (null): Starting disabling of video loading for reason: OutOfFocus restart the iPhone can resolve this anomalous ，can you know reason or how to avoid this bug the bug like ：https://discussionschinese.apple.com/thread/254766045 https://discussionschinese.apple.com/thread/254787836

I use the following code to parse Photo metadata and this works well. However, I am unable to pull the new iOS 14 "caption" from this metadata (it worked in early iOS 14 betas, but has since stopped working in the GM.) Does anyone know how I can get the caption data from a PHAsset? Thanks! Stephen         let options = PHContentEditingInputRequestOptions()         options.isNetworkAccessAllowed = true         asset.requestContentEditingInput(with: options, completionHandler: {(contentEditingInput, _) -> Void in             if let url = contentEditingInput?.fullSizeImageURL {                 let fullImage = CIImage(contentsOf: url)                                  // get all the metadata                 self.allPhotoMetadata = fullImage?.properties ?? [:]                                  // {TIFF}                 if let tiffDict = self.allPhotoMetadata["{TIFF}"] as? [String:Any] {                     if tiffDict["Make"] != nil {                         self.cameraData[cameraKeys.make] = tiffDict["Make"]                     }                     if tiffDict["Model"] != nil {                         self.cameraData[cameraKeys.model] = tiffDict["Model"]                     }                     if tiffDict["ImageDescription"] != nil {                         self.imageData[imageKeys.caption] = tiffDict["ImageDescription"]                     }                 }                                  // {IPTC}                 if let iptcDict = self.allPhotoMetadata["{IPTC}"] as? [String:Any] {                     // if we didn't find a caption in the TIFF dict, try to get it from IPTC data                     // first try, Caption/Abtract, then ArtworkContentDescription                     if self.imageData[imageKeys.caption] == nil {                         if iptcDict["Caption/Abstract"] != nil {                             self.imageData[imageKeys.caption] = iptcDict["ArtworkContentDescription"]                         } else if iptcDict["ArtworkContentDescription"] != nil {                             self.imageData[imageKeys.caption] = iptcDict["ArtworkContentDescription"]                         }                     }                 }             }         })     }

Users can run our apps on Macs with Apple Silicon via the "iPad Apps on Mac" feature. The apps use PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization(for: .addOnly, handler: callback) to request write-only access to the user's Photo Library during image export. This works as intended on macOS, but a huge problem arises when the user denies access (by accident or intentionally) and later decides that they want us to add their image to Photos: There is no way to grant this permission again. In System Preferences → Privacy &amp;amp; Security → Photos, the app is just not listed – in fact, none of the "iPad Apps on Mac" apps appear here. Not even tccutil reset all my.bundle.id works. It just reports tccutil: Failed to reset all approval status for my.bundle.id. Uninstalling, restarting the Mac, and reinstalling the app also doesn't work. The system seems to remember the initial decision. Is this an oversight in the integration of those apps with macOS, or are we missing something fundamental here? Is there maybe a way to prompt the user again?

HEIF Decompression Crash on iOS 17.

I would like to use a third-party app to edit the metadata of a photo to change its Caption and then be able to search in the Photos app to find that image with the edited caption. I have managed to do this by duplicating the photo with the edited metadata. The Photos app recognizes it as a new photo and indexes it with the new caption, making it searchable. However, when editing the photo in-place, the Photos app will not re-index the photo, therefore it will not be searchable. Is there a way to edit photos in-place and have them searchable with the new metadata?

Problem: While calling PHAsset.fetchAssets() and iterating over its results, if the Photos.app is simultaneously running an import operation (File | Import), the photolibraryd process crashes. I have already flagged this issue to Apple (FB13178379) but wanted to check if anyone else has encountered this behavior. Steps to Reproduce: Initiate an import in the Photos.app. Run the following code snippet in the Playground: import Photos PHPhotoLibrary.requestAuthorization(for: .readWrite) { authorizationStatus in guard authorizationStatus == .authorized else { return } let fetchResult = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: nil) print(fetchResult) for i in 0..<fetchResult.count { print(fetchResult[i]) } } Upon doing this, I consistently receive the error: Connection to assetsd was interrupted - photolibraryd exited, died, or closed the photo library in the Console, causing my code to hang. Environment: macOS Version: 13.5.2 (22G91) Xcode Version: Version 14.3.1 (14E300c) Additional Info: After the crash, a report pops up in the Console, and typically, the Photos.app import operation freezes too. I've noticed that after terminating all processes and/or rebooting, the Photos.app displays "Restoring from iCloud…" and the recovery process lasts overnight. Seeking Suggestions: I'm exploring potential workarounds for this issue. I've attempted to use fetchLimit to obtain assets in batches, but the problem persists. Is there a method to detect that the Photos.app is executing an import, allowing my process to wait until completion? Alternatively, can I catch the photolibraryd crash and delay until it's restored? I'm operating in a batch processing mode for photos, so pausing and retrying later in the event of a Photos.app import isn't an issue. Any guidance or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated! Cheers and happy coding!

The new live photos format works in iOS 17 with captures from camera only. We need an API or methods to generate live photos from existing images and videos without capturing new ones. In the past this was possible by matching a .jpg and a .mov with same identifier but now the PhotoData format is not documented, or exactly the way we can combine an image or series of images with a video file and convert them to live photo outside an AVCaptureSession. It is indeed an intentional action for live photo and new PhotoKit to let users use only camera captured sessions , or will be some method to allow users use their existing movies and generate live photos on iOS117?

The documentation for this API mentions: The system uses the current representation and avoids transcoding, if possible. What are the scenarios in which transcoding takes place? The reason for asking is that we've had a user reaching out saying they selected a video file from their Photos app, which resulted in a decrease in size from ~110MB to 35MB. We find it unlikely it's transcoding-related, but we want to gain more insights into the possible scenarios.

Hi, I'm wondering if it is possible to manipulate the "other" Photos library with PhotoKit, not the only System one. PhotoKit documentation only mentioned object of PHPhotoLibrary class, which is "a shared object that manages access and changes to the user’s shared photo library". But the Photos app in macOS allows to create and switch between multiple photo libraries. Thanks.

I am able to detect screenshot only after screenshot is taken. UIApplication.userDidTakeScreenshotNotification. But my requirement is to detect at the same time while user is taking screenshot, so that I can hide my confidential data. Please comment out if there are any better solutions or any callback functions available.

Hello, is it possible to reference a photo from the photo picker (either UIKit or SwiftUI), such that I do not need to copy it somewhere else? Currently, I am storing the copy in CoreData in a field with external storage, but it did cross my mind that I don't actually need a copy in my own storage if I could point back to the photo library. If the user deleted the photo from the library that would be fine.

Currently, PhotosPickerItem cannot be used from async/await code safely, for example in Tasks etc., because it does not conform to Sendable. The public api has only two properties, both of which are of a Sendable type: UTType and String?. Is this something that's going to be changed so I can mark it as @unchecked Sendable in my code, or is there an actual underlying reason why PhotosPickerItem is not Sendable? PHAsset, PHAssetCollection, PHFetchRequest, PHObject are all sendable, because - similarly to PhotosPickerItem - they contain no actual image data, they are just a preliminary representation of an image in the Photos app.

It is 2023 and Photos.app still provides no way to sort photos/movies by file size. I ended up writing some AppleScript that displays the file sizes of images/movies in a specific album. It is also simple to create a shell script to examine the photo library contents directly but mapping the UUID-based filenames back to the names used in Photos.app is not straightforward (to me at least). You can't even create a smart album based upon file size. Why is there no native support for this in Photos.app/PhotoKit? (And, yes, I have submitted many feature requests over the years)